Children / Childhood Quotes for Cards and Scrapbooks

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream

I wish I’d had the magical feeling back I had when I was a child. All the beliefs that built up my very own world.

"... to be a child, to be a child! To have
the roads and the days all stretching out forward and upward and away."

...First rain...Then HOT...Now Sweat!...What a day...

"A child is the greatest joy,
the ultimate Blessing".

A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark

"A Hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."
- Excerpt from an essay originally published in the October 1950 issue of Scouting magazine.

A mother of seventeen children says that having another child is the only way she knows to keep the youngest child from being spoiled.

A mother's arm's are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them

A mother's love is a special place where children always have a home.

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

Bathtime is successful when your kids get wetter than you do

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord.

C is for cookie. That's good enough for me.

Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them

Children are living jewels dropped unstained from heaven.

Children are the keys of paradise.

Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see

Children arrive so fresh from heaven they are born with angel wings. If we love them completely, they are able to fly.

Children laugh an average of three hundred or more times a day; adults laugh an average of five times a day. We have a lot of catching up to do.

Children laugh an average of three hundred or more times a day; adults laugh an average of five times a day. We have a lot of catching up to do.

Children Learn By Doing, And Play Is Their Work

Children make you want to start life over.

"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.”

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children still tend to be sticky.

Every child is an artist, the problem is how to remain one once he grows up.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion".

Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.

I have beautiful eyes, three tickle spots, a silly laugh and AUTISM

I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash . . . you add a longer tail . . . you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

If it's the thought that counts, why do we have fingers?

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.

If you've given up on trying to get something open, tell a 4-year-old not to touch it.

In the eyes of a child...there is joy, there is laughter... there is hope, there is trust, a chance to shape the future...

In the eyes of a child...there is joy, there is laughter... there is hope, there is trust, a chance to shape the future...

It's all right to tell a little boy not to cry because crying won't help. But that's really not honest advice to give a little girl.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Kiss your children goodnight, even if they are already asleep.

Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.

Like the sands of a beach are the sentences that begin with 'why'?

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.

Mr. Turtle...How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie-Roll center of a Tootsie-Pop

Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul.

Once Play-Doh colors are mixed, there's no going back

One of a parent's best jobs is waiting at the bottom of a long slide

One of the fringe benefits of being a parent is looking at the kids after they are asleep.

Our children are the best of me. They are all the things we could not do, or did not do. They are our current happiness and future passion. They are hope and heartache, wonder and worry. The world we see in their eyes is much different than ours. And even in their tantrums they speak in ways that we cannot.

"Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children".

Pieces of my heart

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

"Smarter than the average bear"
I like this quote b/c I actually use it all the time. It's from one of my favorite movies from childhood and now!

sometimes its the smallish things that take up the most room in our hearts

The older I grow, the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

The world is filled with undiscovered wonders. Come, little one, let's find them out together.

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.

There are no blueprints for couch cushion forts

There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.

"There are two things you give your children...
...roots and wings."

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

"There is a garden in every childhood,
An enchanted place where colors are brighter,
The air is softer,
And the morning more fragrant than ever before”

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him sleep.

There's nothing like a day in the backyard to make a really nasty bathtub ring

There's nothing like an afternoon nap to refresh a young mother. At the end of it she has accomplished lots of work she couldn't have if the youngster had been awake.

"They never stop asking me, 'what will you be?-- A doctor, a dancer, A diver at sea?'
They never stop bugging me, 'what will you be?'
As if they expect me to stop being me."

To a child's ear, "mother" is magic in any language.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

We are the generation that tried to grow up too fast.

"We could learn a lot from crayons:
Some are sharp,
Some are pretty,
Some are dull,
Some have weird names,
And all are different colors;
But they all have to live in the same box."

What is a home without children? Quiet.

"Whatever we write on the hearts of our children is not erased by
time."

When you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage.

"While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about."

You are the bows from which your children, as living arrows, are sent forth.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

You can't scare me -- I have a two year old.

"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any
direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
And you are the one
who'll decide where to go..."

You're a girl without a house.

Young boys should never be sent to bed, they always wake up another day older.

Young boys should never be sent to bed, they always wake up another day older.

Your smile makes my heart bounce

"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother's secret hope outlives them all."
...Oliver Wendell Holmes
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
...Jewish proverb
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which
you will always find forgiveness."
...Honore' de Balzac
"The most important thing a father can do for his children
is to love their mother."
...Author Unknown
"Nobody knows of the work it makes To keep the home together.
Nobody knows of the steps it takes, Nobody knows-but Mother."
...Anonymous
"Making the decision to have a child-it's momentous.
It is to decide forever to have your heart
go walking arou...

(Note: You will need to customize these for gender!)
JANUARY: "January (girls/boys) are a treasure, their warmth and kindness are beyond measure."
FEBRUARY: "February (girls/boys) are so sincere, kind hearted, sweet and dear."
MARCH: "March (girls/boys) are filled with courage, strong and wise they don't discourage."
APRIL: "April (girls/boys) show they care, with gentle souls they are rare."
MAY: "May (girls/boys) inspire us everyday, speaking joy in their special way."
JUNE: "June (girls/boys) follow their hearts, dreaming big sets them apart."
JULY: "July (girls/boys) embrace each day, celebrating life in every way."
AUGUST: "August (girls/boys) are wise a...

, A Parenting Manual: Heart Hope for the Family
An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with — for you are a caretaker for those moments in time.

...Let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them LOVE every day
Let'em cry, let'em giggle, let'em sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little!

A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.

A boy is a noise with dirt on it.

A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.

A boy's will is the winds will. And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

A child fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty

A child fills a place in your heart you never knew was empty.

A child is a beam of sunlight from the infinite and eternal with possibilities of virtue and vice--but as yet unstained.

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to the things which you think are important. The fate of humanity is in his or her hand.

A child is a snowflake, each one unique, each one special, each one a gift from God.

A child is fed with milk and praise.

A child is the greatest poem ever known.

A child is the root of the heart.
~ Carolina Maria de Jesus

A child loves his play, not because it's easy, but because it's hard.

A child reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

A child would rather play all day than work five minutes, be more like them!!

A child's hand in yours what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength

A Child's Hand
THERE is nothing in the world
that will make you feel so GRAND
As the wee gentle TUG
of a little child's HAND.
Their LITTLE chubby fingers and
FRAGILE tender touch
Brings JOY to all the willing
hearts who LOVE them so much.

A child's smile is one of life's greatest blessings.

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still and, for love, it will soon itself come back.

A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.

A chip off the old block.

A face without freckles is like a sky with out stars.

A face without freckles is like a sky without stars.

A giggle a day keeps the glums away.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.

A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove.....
but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.

A hundred years from now it won't matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove . . . but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a CHILD.

A Hundred years From Now...it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a CHILD

A kid's idea of a balanced diet is a hamburger in each hand.

A little child enters your life and fills a special place in your heart. A place you never even knew was empty!

A little dirt never hurt.

A man finds out what is meant by spitting image when he tries to feed cereal to his infant.

A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

A mother holds her children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever.

A mother is someone who dreams great dreams for you, but then she lets you chase the dreams you have for yourself and love you just the same.

A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.

A mother understands what a child does not say.

A mother understands what a child does not say.

A mother's heart is a special place where children always have a home.

A mother's joy is knowing that her children have found true love.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

A Parenting Manual: Heart Hope for the Family
Many children are intuitively sensitive to people close to them. A child who is in her heart can know when a parent or buddy needs a kind word, a hug, or some friendly conversation

A perfect summer day to a little boy means, a scrape on the knee, mud on his face and collecting bugs in garden.

A sister is a forever friend. ~Author Unknown

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.

A smile happens in a flash, but the memory can last a lifetime.

A smile so sweet is simply irresistible. But the smile is just a hint of the true sweetness that can't help but escape form inside this little one.

a truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.

Act your age, not your shoe size

Adults are obsolete children.

Adults may teach a child to work hard and fast, but it takes a child to teach an adult how to breathe.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp-or what's a heaven for?

All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

All children are artists. Th problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

All children are gifted, some just open their packages sooner than others.

All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad ones are the result of poor heredity on the side of the other parent.

All Grandmothers like letters. Even if they just consist of a squiggle and a dirty finger mark.

All I ever needed to know, I learned in kindergarten.

All it takes is faith, trust, and a little bit of fairy dust.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

All that we owe our parents we repay through our children.

All wealth is biological.

Always kiss your children goodnight even if they're already asleep.

An unusual child is one who asks questions that his parents can answer.

Another Child To Hold
Words and music by Ray Boltz and Steve Millikan
She looks down at her angel
Sleeping in his bed
She gently kneels beside him
And then she bows her head
And just like other mothers
Who lived so long ago
She brings her child to Jesus
And give him to the Lord
CHORUS:
Jesus, here's another child to hold
Keep this child safe and warm
This world can be so cold
Take this child in Your arms
And never let him go
Jesus, here's another child to hold
He watched his only daughter
Leaving on a date
He doesn't want to worry
But now it's getting late
Waiting in the darkness
He kneels down on the floor
And offers up a silent prayer
As he listens for the d...

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is to he can tell when he's really in trouble.

Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed. ~Robert Gallagher

As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen.

As the most recently arrived to earth life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye.

As time goes by the wonder of who you are never stays the same, and I am left with so many Memories.

As we watch them grow, the resemblances come into view like a photograph developing.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.

At every moment, do what love requires.

Backward, turn backward, oh time in your flight, make me a child again, just for tonight.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

be who you are
and say what you feel
because those who mind
don't matter and those
who matter don't mind.

Beauty is looking into someone's eyes and seeing their heart.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
--John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Beginning of sibling rivalry,
A lifetime of love.

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord.

Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours it wanders wherever your children do.

Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do...

Being Brother & Sister means being there for each other.

Blessed is the man who keeps in touch with his child's heart.

Bliss it was to be alive,
but to be young was very heaven.

boy (boi) n. a male child, lad, youth, not yet a man, often a magnet to dirt, toys and adventure.

Boys are found everywhere -
on top of, underneath, inside of,
climbing on, swinging from,
running around or jumping to.

Brother and sister,
together as friends,
ready to face
whatever life sends.
Joy and laughter
or tears and strife,
holding hands tightly
as we dance through life.

But not alone at Christmastime comes holiday and cheer, for one who loves a little child has Christmas all the year.

But not alone at Christmastime comes holiday and cheer, for one who loves a little child has Christmas all the year.

Cherish the moments for they too, become memories

Childhood instills in us a great love of the earth.

Childhood is a journey....not a race!

Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.

Childhood... That wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.

Childhood: The period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth -- two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

Children are for people who cannot have dogs.

Children are graced with the purity of innocence and the promise of forever.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

Children are our most valuable resource.

Children are poor men's riches.

Children are poor men's riches.

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
~ Sophocles

Children are the flowers in God's garden.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the keys of paradise.

Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.
~John W. Whitehead

Children begin by loving their parents;
as they grow older they judge them;
sometimes, they forgive them.

Children change much like the seasons and its best to capture the innocence of both

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present.

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face a direction from the way the arranger desires.

Children Learn What They Live If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with impropriety, he learns to feel shame. If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient. If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate. He a child lives with fairness, he learns justice. If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith. If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself. If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he le...

Children live in a world of imagination and
feeling-
They invest the most insignificant
object with any form they please, and see in
it whatever they wish to see.

Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream.

Children love with their hearts not with their minds.

Children make your life important...

Children may not always listen to adults, but they never fail to imitate them.

Children outgrow everything, but Mommy's heart

Children reinvent the world for you.

Children reinvent your world for you.

Children require direction and sympathy more than they require instructions.

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Children seldom misquote you. They more often repeat word for word
what you shouldn’t have said.

Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. ~Author Unknown

Children think not of what is past, nor what is to come, but enjoy the present time, which few of us do.

Children think not of what is past, nor what is to come, but enjoy the present time, which few of us do.

Children will soon forget your presents. They will always remember your presence though.

Cleaning the house while the kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk while it's snowing.
--Phyllis Diller

Cleaning the house while the kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk while its snowing.

Cleaning your house while your children are growing is like trying to shovel the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing." -- Phyllis Diller

Confidence is all about knowing who you are ...
list : a child of God, loved beyond measure, etc.

Cousins are those childhood playmates who grow up to be forever friends.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Daddy will you read to me as I sit upon your knee, I'll hold the world in my little hands and like you one day I'll be a man.

Definition for a boy is...A loud noise with dirty on it.

Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always "Daddy's Day" and I would take them to the merry-go-round and sit on a bench eating peanuts, while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt that something should be built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.

Distraction is the greatest strategy. Endless patience is needed.
All else fails put in bath. - dealing with autism

Do you believe in fairies?...
If you believe, clap you hands.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

Don't grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.

Don't grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.

Don’t demand respect as a parent. Demand civility and insist on honesty. Respect is something you must earn – with kids as well as adults.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Educate the child and there would be no need to punish the man.

Enjoy being a kid

Esteem a child as your teacher--and you will see humbling reflections of yourself.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together, they make this world a beautiful garden.

Every child is an artist, the problem is how to remain one once he grows up.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Every child needs a gentle hand to guide them as they grow. So walk alongside me, daddy we have a long way to go.

Every good memory I have revolves around you, kid. You are my happy childhood.

Every morning I wake up wondering how i could ever love you more than I already do. Then, there it is... a look, a smile, a laugh...and somehow, I just do.

Every smile makes you a day younger.

Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings....

Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies"
There is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

Everyday, you make me smile. Everyday, you make me glad to be a mother. Everyday, you make a memory I'll never want to forget. Everyday, I'm more thankful than the day before that you are my little boy/girl. Everyday, I smell your hair and touch your skin and wonder how I ever lived my life without you. Everyday.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.

Few people think that the management of very young babes has anything to do with their future dispositions and characters; yet I believe it has more influence than can easily be calculated.

Flowers look up to the sun:
Children look up to their Mothers.

For children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

For those that do not believe you have labor pains when adopting, let me fill you in on a secret....The labor is worse when adopting! I have done both and know that the physical labor pain goes away quickly, but when adopting the "pain" starts when you decide to adopt and does not end until that baby is in your arms!***I am back in labor***

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

from "Time in a bottle" :
... if I could make days last forever ... if words could make wishes come true ... I'd save everyday like a treasure and then again, I would spend them with you.

From great oaks, little acorns grow.

Fun has U right in the middle of it.

Gentleness is a sort of mild atmosphere, and it enters into a child's soul, like sunshine into the rosebud, slowly but surely expanding it into beauty and vigor.

Getting to know the youngest people in my life has been a joy.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back,

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

God gave us faces but we create our own expressions.

God gave us grandchildren, so we could see the world through the eyes of a child.

God is in the details.

God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race--to enlarge our hearts.

Good times to remember, to cherish, the youth, the love and trust, they grow up to fast...give them memories that last.

Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good, because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.

Grandmas bring flowers when your pet dies...and sit and cry with you.

Grandmas don't just say "that's nice" -- they reel back and roll their eyes and throw up their hands and smile. You get your money's worth out of grandmas.

Grandparents and grandchildren are God's gift to each other.

Growing old is mandatory ~
Growing up is optional.

Growing up happens in a blink of an eye... One day you're in diapers, the next day you're running around with your mom going to Soccer, Tae Kwon Do, Hip Hop dance, Ballet, Tap, Tumble, Tiny Tots, rehearsals, recitals, swim lessons, field trips, outings, play dates, vacations and everything else in between, Whew! Childhood sure is a lot of work!

Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves...for growing up.

Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that supposed to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing.

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Happiness often sneeks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Happiness walks on busy feet.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational two people in love can commit.

He hath gladdened the earth with little children.

He hath gladdened the earth with little children.

He that loves reading, has everything within his reach.

HeartMath Discovery Program
Empower your child by giving him/her a choice and a chance. Let them learn to make their own decisions, when appropriate, and learn to trust their feelings.

How can a child who wants everything to stay the same, be so different every day? - dealing with autism.

How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, when I found recollection presents them to view!

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.

I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. -TOM C. CLARK

I am not young enough to know everything.

I cannot think of any need in
childhood as strong as the need
for a father's protection.

I have a doll from days done by-
very worn and tattered.
But she was there for me to love
and that's all that really mattered.

I hope my children look back on today
And remember a mother who had time for play.
There will be years for cleaning and cooking
'Cause children grow up when we're not looking.

I hope you never lose that sense of wonder...(song--I hope you dance)

I know some sisters who only see each other on Mother's Day and some who will never speak again. But most are like my sister and me... linked by volatile love, best friends who make other best friends ever so slightly less best.

I love these little people and it is no slight thing that they, who are so fresh from God, love us.

I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing, when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.

I love to give handmade gifts. Which one of my children do you want?

I love to play hide and seek with my kid, but some days my goal is to find a hiding place where he can't find me until after high school.

I love you...to infinity and beyond!!!!!!!

I meant no harm, I most truly did not
But I had to get bigger, So Bigger I got

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my
invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely
preferable to that of a mere adult.

I never keep boys waiting. It's a hard trial for a boy to wait.

I think that children have a power to imagine that is almost magical when compared to the adult imagination, and this is something irrevocable that a child loses when he or she becomes bound by logic. We adults continue to have our children’s power of imagination only in our dreams... Of course it’s awfully necessary that children not run their entire lives on the basis of such thinking; they do need to learn how to think logically. But the world will soon teach that to them -and in overabundance. I think we should do everything we can to make it possible for children to hang onto the power to imagine in the almost magical sense for as long as possible.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

I thought I knew what love was until a child got into my heart.

I want to be strong, I want to laugh along, I want to belong to the living.

I wonder if I'll be held responsible for this?

I wonder if I'll be held responsible for this?

I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be.

I've learned that having a child fall asleep in your arms in one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

If Mom says no ask Grandma

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could be better changed in ourselves.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, so that my child may have peace.

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never grow older.

If you make children happy now, you make make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it.

If you obey all the rules, you'll miss out on all the fun!

If you only have one smile in you, give it to the people you love.

If you want the truth, ask a child.

If you're gonna learn, you might as well learn from the best.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation.

In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again.

In their eagerness for their children to acquire skills and to succeed, parents may forget that youngsters need time to think, and privacy in which to do it.

Invest in the future; have a child and teach her well.

Isn't "bribe" just another word for "love."

Isn't "bribe" just another word for love?

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

It is a wise child that knows his own father.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling
of respect and gentleness than by fear.

It is better to build boys than mend men.

It is more important to guide and show sympathy to your children than to instruct them.

It is never too late to have a happy childhood.

It is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.

It is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.

It is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.
~ Peter De Vries

It is remarkable how, overnight, a quiet mature lady can learn to sit cross-legged on the floor and play a tin drum, quack like a duck, sing all the verses of The Twelve Days Of Christmas, make paper flowers, draw pigs, and sew on the ears of severely-injured teddy bears.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time. What's tough is being good every day.

It will be gone before you know it. The fingerprints on the wall appear higher and higher. Then suddenly they disappear.

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.

It's a happy talent to know how to play.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself."

Let others share your toys, my son,
Do not insist on all the fun.
For if you don't it's certain that
You'll grow to be an adult brat.

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.
~ C. Everett Koop

Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

Little boys come in all shapes and sizes,
shy and adventurous, full of surprises,
with misshapen halos and mischievous grins,
small dirty faces, and sweet sticky chins.

Little girls are precious gifts, wrapped in love serene. Their dresses tied with sashes and futures tied with dreams.

Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Maka nani

Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It's to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside of your body.

Making the decision to have a child --- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

many things can wait, the child cannot.
Now is the time his bones are being formed, his mind is being developed. To him, we cannot say tomorrow; his name is today.

May you always walk in sunshine, may your wildest dreams come true.

Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air - explode softly - and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth - boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn't go cheap, either - not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination.

Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of children.

Mothers hear what children cannot say

Mothers hold their children's hands for awhile... their hearts forever!

My days are never long enough. Yet, they seem to last forever.

My guardian angel has a tough job.

My kid brother was sent from heaven- they must like it quiet up there.

Never be afraid to have too much fun

Never have children, only grandchildren.

Never help a child with a task at which she feels she can succeed.

Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.

never take the time you have with your children for granted.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.

No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap.

No Day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child.

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness, and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. Every effort should be to unlock that treasure.

No one knows for sure what angels look like, but God sort of tipped His hand when He made little girls.

Nothing is more than this day.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, whats is sweeter to a man than his children?

Of all the joys my life brings, a child's smile makes my heart sing.

Oh the places you'll go...

Oh thinking about our younger years

Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one could possibly want and hold.

Once you become a mother your the frame, not the picture...

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, is to have a happy childhood.

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.

One thing about being born with beauty -- you don't look for it.

One way to measure your success is to listen to how your child talks about you to his friends.

Only those who look
with the eyes of a child
can lose themselves
in the object of their wonder...

Other than a dimple in a cute little chin,
What's more adorable than a toothless grin?

Our children are here to stay, but our babies and toddlers and preschoolers are gone as fast as they can grow up - and we have only a short moment with each. When you see a grandfather take a baby in his arms, you see that the moment hasn't always been long enough.

Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.

Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Parents hold their children's hands for a while, their hearts forever.

Parents...make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

Play is the work of childhood.

Please, Mom and Dad...
My hands are small - I don't mean to spill my milk
My legs are short - Please slow down so I can keep up with you
Don't slap my hand when I touch something bright and pretty - I don't understand
Please look at me when I talk to you - It lets me know you're really listening
My feelings are tender - Don't nag me all day - Let me make mistakes without feeling stupid
Don't expect the bed I made or the picture I draw to be perfect - Just love me for trying
Remember I am a child not a small adult - Sometimes I don't understand what you are saying
I love you so much - Please love me just for being me - Not for the things I can do

Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world.

Precious jewel,
you glow, you shine,
reflecting all the good
things in the world.

Pretty Flower

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children -

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.

Puddle: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.

Quiet little girls are rarely being good!

Raising children is like being pecked to death by a duck.

raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

Remember...We are not here to help them grow
but to witness them grow....to stand and watch in awe.

Reminders of the carefree days, building castles in the sand. ?

Running from the law, the press, and the parents.

Saw It,
Wanted It,
Threw a Fit,
Got It!

Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.

Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.

She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child. Barbara Alpert

Simple pleasures are precious treasures

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden. ~Author Unknown

Some children are a handful
because too seldom they are an armful.

Sometimes i wonder what's the point of life?Then i see your smiling face and realise that it's all worthwhile

Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.

Sometimes the smallest things shine brightest in our lives.

Spend time on your children and never go broke.

Star light, star bright - first star I see tonight - wish i may, wish i might have this wish i wish tonight.

Sun's Up...time to get up....Sun's goes down, time for bed

Sweet childish days, that were as long as twenty days are now.

Tall oaks from little acorns grow.

Tears... the diamonds of the eye.

Thank heaven for little girls. For little girls get bigger everyday.

Thanks goodness for little CURLS!

The best thing to spend on your children is time.
~ Arnold Glasow

The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.

the best training any person can give a child is to train the child to train himself.

The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

The delight of a child is contagious.

The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

The first time his laughter unfurled it's
wings in the wind, we knew that the world
would never be the same.

The flowers of tomorrow are the seeds of today.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

the glory of a nation rests in the character of her men. and the character comes form boyhood. thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

The greatest poem ever known
Is one all poets have outgrown:
The poetry, innate, untold,
Of being only four years old.

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.

The hardest thing is to give your heart to someone when they're not yours to keep.

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose.

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose.

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose.

The joy of a child is in his smile,but the fun part is just a ride away.

The laughter of a child is the light of a house

The laughter of a child is the light of a house.

The love of learning,
The sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.

The most important thing
a father can do for his children
is to love their mother.

The most important work we as mothers will ever do is at home with our kids.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

The only smart thing about you is your mouth.

The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.

the prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.

The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable.

the real menace in dealing with a five-year old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year old.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

The soul is healed by being with children

The soul is healed by being with children.

The stars on high are shining bright--Sweet dreams, my darling, sleep well...good night!

The warm sand and cool breeze take me back to my childhood days.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow but the rainbow wont wait while you do the work.

The young do not know enough to be prudent; and therefore, they attempt the impossible - and achieve it generation after generation.

There are a lot of different ways to get to the top of the jungle gym
From - REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF MY KIDS HAVE TAUGHT ME

There are no seven wonders in the eyes of a child...there are seven million

There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.

There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.

There are not 7 wonders in the world in the eyes of a child. There are 7 million. ~Walt S.

There are only two lasting bequests we can can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age.
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-Benjamin Spock

There are times when parenthood seems like nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

There are two lasting bequests we can hope to leave our children: One of these is roots. The other, wings.

There is a garden in every CHILDHOOD, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer & the morning more fragrant than ever again.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

There is no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

There is no such thing as too many children……that is like saying that there are too many flowers.

There is nothing like a child's.......
twinkle in his eyes
smile on his face
caress from his hand
hug around your neck
kiss on your cheek.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you have altered.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

There is only one way to lead a child down the right path...
that is to go that way yourself.

There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

there never was a child so lovely, but his mother was glad to get him asleep

There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

There was a place in childhood that I remember well, and there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell.

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

These are the days we'll remember forever.

They call me trouble.

Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

Those gasps of astonishment, those shrieks of pleasure, those sighs of delight, lost long ago when your children grew wise and wordly ~ are suddenly given back to you by your grandchildren. What seems to be the same small hands clutch yours, dragging you from one excitement to another ~ "Look! Oh, look! come ON!"

Through the eyes of a child

Through the eyes of a child you will see the world just as it ought to be.

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A child won't remember how many pairs of shoes you bought them, or how much you paid for those expensive clothes. But they will remember how loud you cheered for them at thier losing ball games, and that long ride home just talking about stuff.

To be a child is to know the joy of living. To have a child is to know the beauty of life.

To be in your children's memories tommorrow,
you have to be in their lives today.

To learn to read is to light a fire.

To love a child is to receive a glimpse of heaven.

To our children, we give two things, one is roots, the other is wings.

To the Past..because I came out of it.
To the Present..because I live it
To the Future..because my children shall inherit it!!

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today you are you. That is truer than true! There is no one alive that is you-er than you.

Together is my favorite place to be!

Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes.

Too cute for words.

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

Trucks, cars and boats getting ready for a race,
Planes jets and rockets blast to outer space,
Choo-choo trains on tracks ~ just some of the many toys that mom picks up off the floor. She’s glad she has a boy.

WALK WITH ME DADDY
WALK ALONGSIDE ME, DADDY, AND HOLD MY LITTLE HAND.
I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO LEARN THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
TEACH ME THINGS TO KEEP ME SAFE FROM DANGERS EVERY DAY.
SHOW ME HOW TO DO MY BEST AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, AT PLAY.
EVERY CHILD NEEDS A GENTLE HAND TO GUIDE THEM AS THEY GROW,
SO WALK ALONGSIDE ME, DADDY-
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

We call a child’s mind “small” simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours, for it can take in almost anything without effort.

We can do no great things-
only small things with great love.

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

We get to a certain age,
and then the rest of our lives
we do everything we can
to get back to the way we were
when we were little...
using wisdom to come back
to innocence.
--Kate Bush

We have underwear and fruit snacks!

we must give our child two things in life - roots and wings

We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.

We need to think of the home as the cradle into which the future is born.

We shouldn't teach great books, we should teach a love of reading.

We worry about what a child ill become tomorrow, yet be forget that he is someone today.

We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

we worry about what a child will become tomorrow,yet we forget that he is someone today

What a wonderful irony - not only do adults produce children, but children produce adults.

What took me by surprise is the way I feel when her face lights up when I walk into a room because I am her world and she is mine. Being a mother is like taking your heart out of your chest and watching it walk around.

When a child and an adult bend down together and examine a rose or an ant colony, or turn over a rock beside a stream, new worlds open up.

When children stand still, They have done some ill.

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish; something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.
~ P. L. Travers

When I was young I could remember anything...whether it happened or not.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be

When the first baby laughed for the first time,
The laugh broke into a thousand pieces
And they all want skipping about,
And that was the beginning of fairies.

When you were small and just a touch away, I covered you with blankets against the cold night air. But now that you are tall and out of reach, I fold my hands and cover you with prayer.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

While we are trying to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

While we try to teach children all about life our children teach us what life is all about.

While we try to teach our children about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about."

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

Whisper in your sleeping child's ear,
"I love you."

Who are these kids? And how do they know my name?

Why not learn to enjoy the little things...there are so many of them.

Wisdom begins in Wonder

With a butterfly kiss and a ladybug hug, sleep tight little one like a bug in a rug.

With both heart and mind, we can build caring communities, design schools that develop children's wisdom and emotional strength along with their intellect and physical strength, and operate institutions with balance, intelligence and appreciation for people and the environment.

With boys, you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane.

you love until your gone

you love until your gone

you love until your gone

You are a child of the universe, no less then the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusions of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

You are my lucky charm!

You are not Beautiful on the outside until you are Beautiful on the inside.

You are the trip I did not take
You are the pearls I cannot buy
You are my blue Italian Lake
You are my piece of foreign sky

You can be sure of two things in life; there is a God, and your mother loves you.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it. You must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

You gave my heart wings.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own.
And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You may grow out of almost everything in your life, but never your childhood.

You may have riches and wealth untold, caskets of jewels and baskets of gold. But richer than I youâ€™ll never be, for I had parents who read to me.

You ough't to be in pictures

You will always be your child's favorite toy.

You're gonna miss this, you're gonna want this back. You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast. These are some good times, so take a good look around. You may not know it now, but you're gonna miss this.

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Your child becomes the embodiment of the love you pour into them. POUR GENEROUSLY!

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you, but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you can not visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them but, seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.

your FIRST child opens your eyes to the wonder of each new age, your LAST reminds you of its transience

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.”

“I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive element in the [home]. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a [parent] I possess tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or deescalated, and a child humanized or dehumanized.”

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

“We grow up and look down, we grow old and look back.
Oh but what is was to be a child, to be a child! To have
the roads and the days all stretching out forward and upward and away,
not one of them yet missed or wasted or repented.
Everything in the world a newness and a novelty,
as it once was to the first beings of all creation.”